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- Calendar Generation Program
- Copyright 1986 David H. Brierley
-
- Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
- purpose on any computer system, and to redistribute it freely,
- subject to the following restrictions:
- 1. The author is not responsible for the consequences of use of
- this software, no matter how awful, even if they arise
- from defects in it.
- 2. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, either
- by explicit claim or by omission.
- 3. Altered versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
- be misrepresented as being the original software.
-
- David H. Brierley
- Portsmouth, RI
- {allegra,ihnp4,linus}!rayssd!dhb
-
- Note: I claim the programs as my own but disavow all
- knowledge of the associated data file.
-
- PLEASE read this file all the way through before installing
- the program. Installation instructions and notes are at the
- end of this file.
-
-
- The files in this directory are the source and data files
- for the calndr program. There is no manual page but the
- program operation is fairly simple. The program has the
- name of the default data file compiled into it so all the
- user normally has to do is specify what to do with the
- output. The program is almost completely interactive and
- there is a built in help facility which explains all the
- program inputs. Since I have a thing against duplication
- of effort, run the program if you want an explantion of
- the input formats.
-
- calndr.c
- This is the main calendar program. Command line
- options are as follows:
- -f filename alternate data file in internal format
- -r filename alternate data file in raw format
- -o filename create calendar in named file
- -P printer send calendar to specified printer
-
- pic_h2m.c
- This program converts data files from the raw (human
- readable) format to the internal format. See the comments
- in the source file for an explantion of the two formats.
- In order to use the -r option of the calndr program,
- this program must be installed somewhere where the calndr
- program can find it. This program takes arguments of the
- input file name and the output file name.
-
- pic_m2h.c
- This program is the reverse of pic_h2m. The main reason
- for having this program is that it has a '-c' option
- which produces a 'compressed' version of the raw data file.
- The compress format is defined in the comments in the
- source. This program takes an optional argument of -c,
- followed by the names of the input and output file names.
-
- compress.data
- This file is the compressed version of the raw data file.
- This file should be transformed into internal format using
- the pic_h2m program. If you want an easily readable version
- of this file you may run the pic_m2h program on the resultant
- file.
-
-
-
- Installation Instructions:
-
- 1. Decide where you want to put the default data file.
- 2. Edit the makefile and change the line that says 'PICDATA=' to
- reflect the choice made in step 1. You should also edit the
- line that says 'GETOPT=' to define where to find the getopt
- routine if it is not in your site's standard library. This may
- be a library which contains getopt, or just a .o file.
- [ 2a. Also check the PAGER variable in the makefile. If your site
- does not have a favorite "more" like program, then set this
- variable to nothing.
- - moderator
- ]
- 3. type 'make'
- 4. There is no 'make install', simply move the executables to
- wherever you want them. If you want to allow use of the '-r'
- option to the calndr program you must install the 'pic_h2m'
- program, otherwise all you have to install is 'calndr'.
- 5. Enjoy.
-
-
- Installation Notes:
-
- 1. The current version of this program has only been tested on
- 4.1/4.2 BSD using both a VAX and a PYRAMID although previous
- versions of the program (in various languages) have been run
- on 4.1(VAX), V7/PWB(PDP11/55), and OS/VS1(IBM3032). In other
- words, I know the algorithms work but I dont gaurantee that
- the program is portable to other versions of UNIX (or anything
- else).
-
- 2. The getopt routine is not included in this distribution. If
- for some strange reason you do not have getopt you can get it
- from the mod.sources archive or you can probably get it from
- one of your neighbors or you can get it from me.
-